{"date":"November 3","id":"11-03","intro":["Pliny sought the advice of the Emperor Trajan for dealing with the Christians who were alarmingly on the increase. He casually relates how he had tortured two Christians."],"minutes":5,"readings":[{"author":"Pliny the Younger","end":406,"start":404,"volume":9,"work":"Letters"}],"slug":"november-3","status":"proofread","title":"Letters to an Emperor","url":"/harvard-classics/november-3/","words":1049}